They kept coming . . . again and again. One hit after another for the Mets with runners in scoring position.

“Everybody just kept going,” Richard Hidalgo said.

In that explosive, game-turning, six-run fourth inning, the Mets were perfect with men in scoring position. Five-for-five. You can’t get more clutch than that.

You can examine a lot in that frame, the one that resulted in an eventual 9-3 Met romp over the Yankees at the Stadium. The Mets snapped a 2-2 tie. Roped six hits. Stole three bases. Drove starter Brad Halsey out of the game.

But nothing was more damaging to the Yankees – and symbolic for the Mets – than the way the visitors produced with runners in scoring position.

Consider that the Mets had been so clutch-starved, it was partly why hitting coach Denny Walling had been fired. And entering yesterday, the Mets were hitting just .247 in that spot.

But with one out and runners on first and second for Jason Phillips in the fourth, things began to change. Suddenly, the Mets couldn’t miss.